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Conservation Treatment and Scientific Analysis of the Jade Excavated from the First Buried Place of King Jung-jo (정조(正祖) 초장지(初葬地) 출토 옥의 과학적 분석 및 보존처리)

  • Lee, Tae-jong;Oh, Jung-hyeon;Kim, Sa-dug;Lee, Jung-min
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.46 no.4
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    • pp.160-173
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    • 2013
  • This research aims to understand the precise character of relics based on literature search and material analysis of the jade excavated from the first buried place of King Jung-jo, and to assess the level of damage through non-destructive diagnosis. Furthermore, scientific conservation treatment was used to restore the original shape of the excavated jade. According to literature search, the excavated jade is known to be jasper, but material analysis showed that it was as a serpentine with the mineral composition of antigorite. Infrared thermography analysis to assess deterioration showed that the internal damage is the result of the interstices developed along the boundary surface of the obtained jade. For conservation treatment of the damaged area on the surface, the jade was filled with a mixture of plaster and glue, and covered with a mixture of acrylic paint and gloss medium for protection, and color was adjusted.

Discrimination of Internally Browned Apples Utilizing Near-Infrared Non-Destructive Fruit Sorting System (근적외선 비파괴 과일 선별 시스템을 활용한 내부 갈변 사과의 판별)

  • Kim, Bal Geum;Lim, Jong Guk
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.208-213
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    • 2021
  • There is a lack of studies comparing the internal quality of fruit with its external quality. However, issues of internal quality of fruit such as internal browning are important. We propose a method of classifying normal apples and internally browned apples using a near-infrared (NIR) non-destructive system. Specifically, we found the optimal wavelength and characteristics of the spectra for determining the internal browning of Fuji apples. The NIR spectra of apples were obtained in the wavelength range of 470-1150 nm. A group of normal apples and a group of internally browned apples were identified using principal component analysis (PCA), and a partial least squares regression (PLSR) analysis was performed to develop and evaluate the discriminant model. The PCA analysis revealed a clear difference between the normal and internally browned apples. From the PLSR, the correlation coefficient of the predictive model without pretreatment was determined to be 0.902 with an RMSE value of 0.157. The correlation coefficient of the predictive model with pretreatment was 0.906 with an RMSE value of 0.154. The results show that this model is suitable for classifying normal and internally browned apples and that it can be applied for the sorting and evaluation of agricultural products for internal and external defects.

Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Non-Invasive Measuring of Internal Quality of Apple Fruit

  • Sohn, Mi-Ryeong;Park, Woo-Churl;Cho, Rae-Kwang
    • Near Infrared Analysis
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.27-30
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    • 2000
  • In this study, we investigated the feasibility of non-destructive determination of internal quality factors of Fuji apple fruit using near infrared(NIR) reflectance spectroscopy and developed the calibration models. As the reference methods, refractometer, titration and texture analyzer for sugar content, acidity and firmness were used, respectively. Samples were scanned from 1100∼2500nm with InfraAlyzer 500C spectrometer and SESAME software was used for data analysis. A multiple linear regression(MLR) analysis was performed to develop the calibrations. The correlation coefficient(R) and standard error of prediction(SEP) were as follows; 0.91, 0.41$^{\circ}$Brix for sugar content, 0.90, 0.04% for acidity and 0.84, 0.094 kg for firmness, respectively. This study shows that NIR spectroscopy can be used to evaluate the sugar content acidity and firmness of apple fruit with acceptable accuracy.

Fabrication & Characterization of Grating Structures for Long Wavelength DFB-LD Using Electron Beam Lithography (전자선 묘화를 이용한 장파장 DFB-LD용 격자 구조의 제작 및 특성 분석)

  • 송윤규;김성준;윤의준
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.32A no.1
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    • pp.200-205
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    • 1995
  • The 1st and 2nd-order grating structure for long wavelength DFB(Distributed FeedBack) laser diodes are successfully fabricated on InP substrates by using electron beam lithography and reactive ion etch techniques, and also characterized non-destructively by diffraction analysis without removal of photo-resis layer. A new composite layer made by lifted-off Cr layer on thin SiO2 film is developed and used as an etch mask, because PMMA, the e-beamresist, is unsuitable for reactive ion etch of InP. In addition, it is experimentally confiremed that diffraction analysis makes it possible to predict the grating parameters, and the analysis can be used as a non-destructive on-line test to prevent incomplete gratings from being successively processed.

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Seismic assessment of a R/C strategic existing building

  • Mehani, Youcef;Kibboua, Abderrahmane
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.617-634
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    • 2007
  • Algeria is a country with a high seismic activity. During the last decade, many destructive earthquakes occurred, particularly in the northern part, causing enormous losses in human lives, buildings and equipments. In order to reduce this risk in the capital and avoid serious damages to the strategic existing buildings, the government decided to invest into seismic upgrade, strengthening and retrofitting of these buildings. In doing so, seismic vulnerability study of this category of buildings has been considered. Structural analysis is performed on the basis of site investigation (inspection of the building, collecting data, materials, general conditions of the building, etc), and existing drawings (architectural plans, structural design, etc). The aim of these seismic vulnerability studies is to develop guidelines and a methodology for rehabilitation of existing buildings. This paper will provide insight to the vulnerability assessment and strengthening of the telecommunication centre, according to the new code RPA 99/version 2003. Both, static equivalent method and non linear dynamic analysis are performed in this study.

Non-Destructive Sorting Techniques for Viable Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Seeds Using Fourier Transform Near-Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy

  • Seo, Young-Wook;Ahn, Chi Kook;Lee, Hoonsoo;Park, Eunsoo;Mo, Changyeun;Cho, Byoung-Kwan
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: This study examined the performance of two spectroscopy methods and multivariate classification methods to discriminate viable pepper seeds from their non-viable counterparts. Methods: A classification model for viable seeds was developed using partial least square discrimination analysis (PLS-DA) with Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) and Raman spectroscopic data in the range of $9080-4150cm^{-1}$ (1400-2400 nm) and $1800-970cm^{-1}$, respectively. The datasets were divided into 70% to calibration and 30% to validation. To reduce noise from the spectra and compare the classification results, preprocessing methods, such as mean, maximum, and range normalization, multivariate scattering correction, standard normal variate, and $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ derivatives with the Savitzky-Golay algorithm were used. Results: The classification accuracies for calibration using FT-NIR and Raman spectroscopy were both 99% with first derivative, whereas the validation accuracies were 90.5% with both multivariate scattering correction and standard normal variate, and 96.4% with the raw data (non-preprocessed data). Conclusions: These results indicate that FT-NIR and Raman spectroscopy are valuable tools for a feasible classification and evaluation of viable pepper seeds by providing useful information based on PLS-DA and the threshold value.

A Robust Crack Filter Based on Local Gray Level Variation and Multiscale Analysis for Automatic Crack Detection in X-ray Images

  • Peng, Shao-Hu;Nam, Hyun-Do
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.1035-1041
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    • 2016
  • Internal cracks in products are invisible and can lead to fatal crashes or damage. Since X-rays can penetrate materials and be attenuated according to the material’s thickness and density, they have rapidly become the accepted technology for non-destructive inspection of internal cracks. This paper presents a robust crack filter based on local gray level variation and multiscale analysis for automatic detection of cracks in X-ray images. The proposed filter takes advantage of the image gray level and its local variations to detect cracks in the X-ray image. To overcome the problems of image noise and the non-uniform intensity of the X-ray image, a new method of estimating the local gray level variation is proposed in this paper. In order to detect various sizes of crack, this paper proposes using different neighboring distances to construct an image pyramid for multiscale analysis. By use of local gray level variation and multiscale analysis, the proposed crack filter is able to detect cracks of various sizes in X-ray images while contending with the problems of noise and non-uniform intensity. Experimental results show that the proposed crack filter outperforms the Gaussian model based crack filter and the LBP model based method in terms of detection accuracy, false detection ratio and processing speed.

Analysis on Red-colored Dyeing by using Non-destructive UV-visible and Fluorescence Spectrophotometry (비파괴 자외-가시 및 형광 분광 분석법을 이용한 적색계 전통 염료 분석)

  • Yun, Eunyoung;Kim, Yuran
    • Conservation Science in Museum
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    • v.12
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2011
  • This study examined non-destructive UV-Vis spectrophotometry as well as 3-D fluorescence spectrophotometry of textile that made use of red dye such as Sappan wood, madder, Safflower, Gromwell. The authors produced two textile specimen that were dyed by not only two kinds of textile (cotton and silk) but also three kinds of mordanting (no-mordanting, alumen and iron), and they investigated effects of each dye material upon investigation results. At analysis with UV-Vis spectrophotometry of dyed textile specimen, dyeing made by sappan wood, madder and gromwell had significant difference depending upon mardant regardless of kinds of textile, and safflower had no significant difference depending upon textile and mordant. At analysis with 3D-fluorescence spectrophotometry, specimen dyed with sappan wood had difference with mordants, and with madder, there were difference with textiles, and safflower had inherent fluorescence spectrum regardless of textiles and mordants, while gromwell had no fluorescence spectrum.

Development of Automatic Firmness Measurement System for Major Fruits using Vibration Characteristics (과일의 진동특성을 이용한 주파수 영역에서의 경도측정)

  • 전종서;김중규
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2001.06d
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    • pp.253-256
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    • 2001
  • Characteristics of fruit vibrations are related to the material properties of the fruit. A new method for spectral analysis is developed and used for the non-destructive estimation of fruit firmness. The resonant frequency of the fruit is related to its firmness. However, the determination of the resonant frequency is not easy So the smoothing method is applied to the frequency spectra to obtain a robust estimate for the resonant frequency.

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